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General Audio / Replay gain not working properly, audio levels are not norlamized
Last post by rzsolti -
In MusicBrainz Picard, i have set the replay gain tags (by album) for my collection, here are the parameters, i have used:
  • target level: -23
  • True peak
  • Max peak: -1
  • Clipping protection: always
In MPD, i have enabled replay gain and set it to use album tags.
So, in theory, everything is perfect, in practice, however, Taylor Swift is loud and classical music is quiet.
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Polls / Re: Sound colors of codecs
Last post by Klymins -
@Sunhillow I join you if sinc interpolation is used, but when you use linear interpolation, the upper frequencies are in harmony with the lower frequencies and this makes the sound very nice for me. So, lower sampling rate does not always mean lower cutoff point. Flash player, for example, uses linear interpolation and this is what makes these 16kbps game musics "listenable" for most people (and what makes the good sounds horrifying when they are ripped from the flash game and opened with a standard player). Try listening something with linear interpolation by installing MultiResampler to foobar2000.

Edit: Or, if you want to easily see an example of a game with 16kbps sounds, go to https://archive.org/details/tails-nightmare .
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Polls / Re: Sound colors of codecs
Last post by Sunhillow -
Quote from: Klymins on
I like MP3's distortions only if the sampling rate is low.
I very much dislike the sound of music when the upper frequency limit is too low. 11 kHz sampling rate sounds like a telephone connection, Plus the added compression artefacts ... horrifying to me.
Then I really would prefer the Leberwurstschnittchen with pickles
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Polls / Re: Sound colors of codecs
Last post by Klymins -
@Sunhillow You are right, but MP3's distortions can still be good for me. Thank you for your opinion.

Edit: I like MP3's distortions only if the sampling rate is low.
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Polls / Re: Sound colors of codecs
Last post by Sunhillow -
Quote from: Klymins on
Edit: This is just like this: Some guitar amplifiers distorts the output and some people like this "sound color".
The big difference is: guitar amps add harmonic distortion, which gives the sound a certain "colour".
Low bitrate lossy compression adds a lot of discordant material that creates more of a burbling sound. I wouldn't call that colouration.